Chondromyxoid Fibroma of the Hand: A Case Report
Published: 2020-05-27
Page: 107-111
Issue: 2020 - Volume 3 [Issue 1]
Mohamed Othmen Chouchene
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand Surgery and Burn, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia.
Raja Amri
Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery and Burns, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia.
Kharrat Melek
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand Surgery and Burn, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia.
Sbai Mohamed Ali *
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand Surgery and Burn, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Chondromyxoid fibroma is a rare benign bone tumor whose usual location is the metaphysis of the long bones of the lower limbs, affects young adults, the location in the hand is exceptional. It is a tumor which poses a problem of differential diagnosis with chondroma and chondrosarcoma, recurrences are not uncommon and malignant degeneration remains the oretical. We present the case of a chondromyxoid fibroma of the first phalanx of the right index finger having developed wellafter excision and spongy stuffing. The objective of this work is to see the different diagnostic, therapeutic and progressive aspects of this rare pathology.
Keywords: Chondromyxoid fibroma, bonetumor, index finger, excision, spongy stuffing